Robert Alexander

Robert Alexander’s areas of specialization include Rhetoric and Composition; the History of Linguistic Thought; and Journalism Studies. His current research explores how journalistic subjectivity, typically repressed in conventional news writing, expresses itself in literary journalism. A former reporter, he has been an active member of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies and is currently the Association’s Program Committee Chair. His work has appeared in Literary Journalism Studies, Language and Communication, Semiotic Inquiry, and Criticism. His fiction has appeared in Event and Prairie Fire.